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Patented Apr. I7, |900.

(Application led Aug. 8, 1899.),

(No Model.)

gnwntoz @Choa/Mango UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JERRY M. LEGGET, OF MOUNT STERLINGIIENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR OF TIVO- THIRDS TO DAVID A. BANTA, OF NICHOLAS COUNTY, AND JAMES D. DAVIS, OF BATH COUNTY, KENTUCKY.

VEHICLE-WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 647,851, dated April 17, 1900.

Application filed August 8, 1899. Serial No. 726,616. (No model.) v

vehicle-Wheels; and the object is to simplify l and improve the construction and increase the efficiency, durability, and life of the wheel. To these ends the invention consists in certain features of construction and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings the same zo reference characters indicate the same parts of the invention. A

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of my improved wheel. Fig. 2 is a similar view of one of the hub-collars. Fig. 3 is a detail section of the inner end of one of the spokes. Fig. 4t

is a similar view of the rim.

In the drawings, l denotes the axle, 2 the spindle, which is externally threaded to receive the jam-nut 3 and counterbored axially 3o to receive the set-screw 4.

5 denotes the boxing, provided with a shoulder 5 intermediate its ends, fixed in the hub section 6, and it is internally threaded to receive the sleeve 7, which forms the bearing for the axle in the hub.

8 8 denote the spokes, their inner ends 9 9 being bevel-faced to correspondto the face of the cone-sleeve 10, against which they bear, the cone beingset up to expand the spokes by 4o means of the nut 3.

. 6' denotes the front half of the divided hub, and 12 the outside nut, which holds the hub on the axle.

13 represents the Babbitt boxing, which has a bearing on the end of the spindle and which is adjustable by means of the set-screw 4E, to which it is fixed, to lake up the end play due to lost motion.

14 denotes a set-screw in the oil-hole 1.5, formed'in the hub-section 6, whereby the axle 5o may be oiled without removing the wheel.

The accompanying drawings show my invention in the best form now known to me; but many changes in the details might be made Within the skill of a good mechanic without departing from the spirit of my invention as set forth in the claim at lthe end of this specication. p

Having thus fully described the invention,

what is claimed, and desired to be secured by 6c Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is-

In a vehicle-Wheel, the combination of the hub-section, 6; the boxing, 5, provided with the shoulder, 5', and threaded interiorly at its inner end, threaded externally along its outer end and provided with an axial seat in its outer end; the axle and axle-spindle, the latter being counterbored axially; the set-screw,

4, provided with Babbitt boxing, 1-3, bearing against the end of the spindle, 2; the spokes, 7o 8, having beveled inner ends, 9; the conesleeve, l0, fitting the reduced portion of the boxing, 5; the jam-nut, 3, interiorly threaded and bearing against the outer end of said cone-sleeve to expand said spokes; and the outside nut, 12, engaging the outer threaded end of said boxing, 5, to hold thedivided hub upon the axle; substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 8o my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JERRY M. LEGGET.

Witnesses:

I-I. S. Woon, JOHN C. Woon. 

